System and methods for recording emergency data
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1. A method, comprising:
- placing an emergency call from a portable electronic device;
receiving image data, at the portable electronic device, wherein the image data is received in response to the placing of the emergency call and is received through a digital imaging device that is associated with the portable electronic device;
transmitting the image data to a server from the portable electronic device, wherein the image data is associated with a filename comprising a phone number associated with the portable electronic device; and
receiving an acknowledgement at the portable electronic device that the image data was received by the server, the acknowledgement being displayable upon the portable electronic device.
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Abstract
A system and method for recording emergency data during a 911 call. The emergency data recorded may be in the form of a digital image. The digital image may be of the event prompting the 911 call. The digital image may be a single image, a series of images, or streaming video. The emergency data may be received on a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, through a digital imaging device, such as a digital camera. The emergency data may then be transmitted to a server, wherein the emergency data is stored. The emergency data may be accessed by a 911 dispatcher during a 911 call to review the image data to aid in assessing the emergency recorded in the emergency data.
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27 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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placing an emergency call from a portable electronic device; receiving image data, at the portable electronic device, wherein the image data is received in response to the placing of the emergency call and is received through a digital imaging device that is associated with the portable electronic device; transmitting the image data to a server from the portable electronic device, wherein the image data is associated with a filename comprising a phone number associated with the portable electronic device; and receiving an acknowledgement at the portable electronic device that the image data was received by the server, the acknowledgement being displayable upon the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 23)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; an activation module, configured to activate the data input module in response to an emergency call being placed from the apparatus; a data input module, configured to receive image data; and a transmit and receive module, configured to cause the image data to be transmitted to a server and allow data to be received from a server, wherein the server assigns a filename to the image data, the filename comprising a phone number associated with the portable electronic device, and wherein the data to be received from the server comprises an acknowledgement that the image data was received by the server, the acknowledgement being displayable upon the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a portable electronic device configured to; place an emergency call in response to an emergency telephone number being entered into the portable electronic device; receive image data in response to the emergency call wherein the image data is in the form of a digital image and wherein the image data is received through a digital imaging device associated with the portable electronic device; and transmit the image data; a server communicatively coupled with the portable electronic device and is configured to; receive the image data from the portable electronic device and store the image data; assign a filename to the image data, the filename comprising a phone number associated with the portable electronic device that transmits the image data; retrieve the image data in response to a request wherein the request is originated from a remote computer; send the retrieved image data to the remote computer wherein the remote computer is configured to at least display the retrieved image data; and send an acknowledgement to the portable electronic device to acknowledge that the image data was received by the server, the acknowledgement being displayable upon the portable electronic device; and a storage device, communicatively coupled to the server, wherein the storage device stores the image data received by the server from the portable electronic device; wherein the image data comprises at least one of a digital image, a series of digital images, and digital video. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26)
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24. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; an activation module, configured to activate the data input module in response to an emergency call being placed from the apparatus; a data input module, configured to receive image data; and a transmit and receive module, configured to cause the image data to be transmitted to a server and allow data to be received from a server, wherein the server assigns a filename to the image data, the filename comprising; a phone number associated with the portable electronic device, and a numeral indicating a number of the image data received by the server and indicative of a number of separate transmissions, wherein the data to be received from the server comprises an acknowledgement that the image data was received by the server, the acknowledgement being displayable upon the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (25, 27)
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